species

Staelonchodes geniculatus (Gray, 1835)

Orange-Kneed Stick Insect

CollectionObject 1559446; bf98a1da-042d-4a2b-a1b1-b039e95eff5b: copyright MVMA, Melbourne. male of Lonchodes geniculatus (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1559446; bf98a1da-042d-4a2b-a1b1-b039e95eff5b: copyright MVMA, Melbourne. male: end of abdomen, lateral view of Lonchodes geniculatus (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1559447; 1c9fb590-c964-4e64-9bcf-d8ca20a3c2fc: copyright OUMNH. male of synonym Phasma (Bacteria) geniculosum (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1559447; 1c9fb590-c964-4e64-9bcf-d8ca20a3c2fc: copyright OUMNH. male, lateral view of synonym Phasma (Bacteria) geniculosum (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1559447; 1c9fb590-c964-4e64-9bcf-d8ca20a3c2fc: copyright OUMNH. male: head & thorax, dorsal view of synonym Phasma (Bacteria) geniculosum (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1559447; 1c9fb590-c964-4e64-9bcf-d8ca20a3c2fc: copyright OUMNH. male: head & thorax, lateral view of synonym Phasma (Bacteria) geniculosum (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1559447; 1c9fb590-c964-4e64-9bcf-d8ca20a3c2fc: copyright OUMNH. male: end of abdomen, dorsal view of synonym Phasma (Bacteria) geniculosum (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1559447; 1c9fb590-c964-4e64-9bcf-d8ca20a3c2fc: copyright OUMNH. male: end of abdomen, lateral view of synonym Phasma (Bacteria) geniculosum (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1559447; 1c9fb590-c964-4e64-9bcf-d8ca20a3c2fc: copyright OUMNH. male: end of abdomen, ventral view of synonym Phasma (Bacteria) geniculosum (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1559448; NMW 561, 3b05fc0f-bb3e-4974-80aa-f2523c0f0440: copyright NMW, Vienna. female of synonym Prisomera thoracicum (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1559448; NMW 561, 3b05fc0f-bb3e-4974-80aa-f2523c0f0440: copyright NMW, Vienna. female: head and thorax, lateral view of synonym Prisomera thoracicum (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1559448; NMW 561, 3b05fc0f-bb3e-4974-80aa-f2523c0f0440: copyright NMW, Vienna. female: end of abdomen, lateral view of synonym Prisomera thoracicum (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (48)

Lonchodes geniculatus Gray, 1835: 19. (valid)
Holotype; male; bf98a1da-042d-4a2b-a1b1-b039e95eff5b; deposited at: Museum of Victoria (MVMA); 'India Orientali' [probably Malaysia]
Phasma geniculosum Westwood, 1848: 80, pl. 39:4.
Holotype; male; 1c9fb590-c964-4e64-9bcf-d8ca20a3c2fc; deposited at: Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUM); [Penang] 'Prince of Wales Is.'
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Lonchodes geniculatus Gray, 1835 in Westwood, 1859: 37.
Phasma geniculosum Westwood, 1848 (subjective synonym of Lonchodes geniculatus Gray, 1835) in Westwood, 1859: 37.
Lonchodes geniculatus Gray, 1835 in Stål, 1875: 64.
Phasma geniculosum Westwood, 1848 (subjective synonym of Lonchodes geniculatus Gray, 1835) in Kirby, 1904: 317.
Staelonchodes geniculatus (Gray, 1835) in Kirby, 1904: 317.
Lonchodes geniculatus Gray, 1835 in Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907: 258.
Prisomera thoracicum Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907: 289.
Holotype; female; NMW 561; deposited at: Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien (NMW); Perak
Prisomera thoracicum Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 (subjective synonym of Hermogenes [sic] hosei Kirby, 1896) in Günther, 1932: 376.
Lonchodes thoracicus (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) in Hausleithner, 1989: 103.
Lonchodes geniculatus Gray, 1835 in Seow-Choen, Pin, Brock & Seow-En, 1994: 394.
Lonchodes geniculatus Gray, 1835 in Seow-Choen, Seow-En & Seow-An, 1994: 92, fig..
Prisomera thoracicum Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 (subjective synonym of Lonchodes geniculatus Gray, 1835) in Seow-Choen, Brock & Seow-En, 1994: 12.
Staelonchodes geniculatus (Gray, 1835) in Seow-Choen, Brock & Seow-En, 1994: 12, fig..
Staelonchodes geniculatus (Gray, 1835) in Seow-Choen, Brock & Seow-En, 1994: 8.
Lonchodes geniculatus Gray, 1835 in Brock, 1995: 86.
Phasma geniculosum Westwood, 1848 (subjective synonym of Lonchodes geniculatus Gray, 1835) in Brock, 1995: 86.
Prisomera thoracicum Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 (subjective synonym of Lonchodes geniculatus Gray, 1835) in Brock, 1995: 86.
Lonchodes geniculatus Gray, 1835 in Tay & Seow-Choen, 1996: 179.
Lonchodes geniculatus Gray, 1835 in Seow-Choen, 1997: 63, figs.
Lonchodes geniculatus Gray, 1835 in Seow-Choen, 1998: 88.
Prisomera thoracicum Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 (subjective synonym of Lonchodes geniculatus Gray, 1835) in Brock, 1998: 62.
Lonchodes thoracicus (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907) in Sellick, 1998: 216. Phylogeny or classification
Lonchodes geniculatus Gray, 1835 in Brock, 1999: 35, fig, 170.
Lonchodes geniculatus Gray, 1835 in Seow-Choen, 1999: 300, pl. 2d.
Lonchodes geniculatus Gray, 1835 in Seow-Choen, 1999: 76.
Lonchodes geniculatus Gray, 1835 in Seow-Choen & Goh, 1999: 264.
Prisomera thoracicum Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 (subjective synonym of Lonchodes geniculatus Gray, 1835) in Brock, 1999: 170.
Lonchodes geniculatus Gray, 1835 in Seow-Choen, 2000: 9, 10, pl. 10.
Lonchodes geniculatus Gray, 1835 in Hennemann, 2003: 24.
Lonchodes geniculatus Gray, 1835 in Brock, 2003: 49.
Lonchodes geniculosum (Westwood, 1848) in Hennemann, 2003: 23.
Lonchodes geniculatus Gray, 1835 in Seow-Choen, 2005: 17.
Lonchodes geniculatus Gray, 1835 in Otte & Brock, 2005: 181.
Lonchodes geniculatus Gray, 1835 in Brock & Seow-Choen, 2005: 4.
Phasma geniculosum Westwood, 1848 (subjective synonym of Lonchodes geniculatus Gray, 1835) in Otte & Brock, 2005: 181.
Prisomera thoracicum Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 (subjective synonym of Lonchodes geniculatus Gray, 1835) in Otte & Brock, 2005: 181.
Phasma geniculosum Westwood, 1848 (subjective synonym of Lonchodes geniculatus Gray, 1835) in Brock & Seow-Choen, 2005: 8, figs.
Lonchodes geniculosus (Westwood, 1848) in Hennemann & Conle, 2007: 24.
Lonchodes geniculatus Gray, 1835 in Harman, 2012: 17. Specimen or distribution
Prisomera thoracicum Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 (subjective synonym of Lonchodes geniculatus Gray, 1835) in Seow-Choen, 2018: 474. Phylogeny or classification
Staelonchodes geniculatus (Gray, 1835) in Seow-Choen, 2018: 474, figs. Image or description; Phylogeny or classification
Staelonchodes geniculatus (Gray, 1835) in Seow-Choen, 2020: 393. Specimen or distribution
Phasma geniculosum Westwood, 1848 (subjective synonym of Lonchodes geniculatus Gray, 1835) in Seow-Choen, 2021: 94. Phylogeny or classification
Prisomera thoracicum Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 (subjective synonym of Lonchodes geniculatus Gray, 1835) in Seow-Choen, 2021: 94. Image or description; Phylogeny or classification

Staelonchodes geniculatus (Gray, 1835) in Seow-Choen, 2021: 94, figs. Image or description; Phylogeny or classification
Staelonchodes geniculatus (Gray, 1835) in Brock & Büscher, 2022: 529. Specimen or distribution

Nomenclature references (35)

Brock, P.D. & Büscher, T.H. (2022) Stick and leaf-insects of the world, Phasmids. NAP Editions, France: Verrières-le-Buisson, 612 pp. Available at http://www.napeditions.com/en/67-stick-and-leaf-insects-of-the-world.html
Brock, P.D. & Seow-Choen, F. (2005) Notes on Lonchodes geniculosus (Westwood, 1848) (Diapheromeridae: Lonchodinae). Phasmid Studies, 12(1-2), 8–10. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/207169#page/10/mode/1up
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Brock, P.D. (1995) Catalogue of Stick and Leaf-Insects (Insecta: Phasmida) associated with Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore. Malayan Nature Journal, 49(2), 83–102. Available at http://www.researchgate.net/publication/348052167_Catalogue_of_Stick_and_Leaf-Insects_Insecta_Phasmida_associated_with_Peninsular_Malaysia_and_Singapore_Malaysian_Naturalist_49283-102

Brock, P.D. (1998) Catalogue of type-specimens of Stick- and Leaf-Insects in the Naturhistorisches Museum Wien (Insecta: Phasmida). Kataloge der wissenschaftlichen Sammlungen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien: Vol. 13(5). Naturhistorischen Museum Wien, 72 pp. Available at http://www.zobodat.at/pdf/kat-nhmw_13_0003-0072.pdf

Brock, P.D. (1999) Stick and Leaf Insects of Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore. Malaysian Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur, 223 pp. Available at http://www.nhbs.com/stick-and-leaf-insects-of-peninsular-malaysia-and-singapore-book

Brock, P.D. (2003) Rearing and studying stick and leaf insects. Revised Edition. The Amateur Entomologists' Society, London, Vol. 22, 89 pp. Available at http://shop.amentsoc.org/rearing-and-studying-stick-and-leaf-insects.html

Brunner von Wattenwyl, C. (1907) Phasmidae Anareolatae (Clitumnini, Lonchodini, Bacunculini). In Die Insektenfamilie der Phasmiden: Vol. II. Verlag Engelmann, Leipzig. 181–338, pls 7–15. [in German] Available at http://www.archive.org/details/DieInsektenfamilieDerPhasmiden.Vol.Ii.PhasmidaeAnareolataeclitumnini

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Günther, K. (1932) Revision des Genus Lonchodes Gray (Orth. Phasm). Eos, Revista Española de Entomología, 8, 367–389. Available at http://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/80864152.pdf

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Hausleithner, B. (1989) Die Eier einiger Lonchodes-Arten (Phasmida). Entomologische Zeitschrift, 99(8), 102–112.

Hennemann, F.H. & Conle, O.V. (2007) Studies on Philippine Lonchodinae, with the description of two new genera and eleven new species (Phasmatodea: Phasmatidae: Lonchodinae). Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft, 97 Suppl., 3–88. Available at http://www.zobodat.at/pdf/MittMuenchEntGes_097_Suppl_0003-0088.pdf

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Seow-Choen, F. & Goh, Y.Y. (1999) New records of stick insects from Pulau Tioman, Peninsular Malaysia, including description of a new species of Abrosoma (Phasmida: Pseudophasmatidae: Aschiphasmatinae). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. Available at http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s6/s6rbz263-269.pdf

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Descendants and synonyms

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon	Valid names
Rank	Extant	Fossil	Invalid	Total
species	1	0	6	7